Pro Football Hall of Famer Ron Mix admits felony tax fraud
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Pro Football Hall of Fame Member Ron Mix faces up to three years in federal prison after pleading guilty in Missouri to a felony tax-fraud charge.
The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/1WL4tFJ ) reports Mix agreed to pay nearly $50,000 to the Internal Revenue Service under his guilty plea Monday in Kansas City to one count of making false statements in a tax return.
Authorities say Mix was a San Diego-area lawyer who illegally paid a non-lawyer for referrals on clients and donated about $155,000 over three years to a charity operated by that person. Prosecutors say Mix then claimed those payments as charitable deductions.
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Mix was enshrined in 1979 in the Pro Football Hall of Fame after 11 seasons as an offensive lineman with Los Angeles, San Diego and Oakland.
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Information from: The Kansas City Star, http://www.kcstar.com